Croatia accuses Serbia of genocide at UN court

Jiri Buller

Published
4:02 am EST, Monday, March 3, 2014

Members of the Croatian delegation, Minister Orsat Miljenic, right, Vesna Crnic-Grotic, center, and James Crawford, left, during the start of public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, March 3, 2014. Croatia is accusing Serbia of genocide during fighting in the early 1990's as the former Yugoslavia shattered in spasms of ethnic violence, in a case at the United Nations' highest court that highlights lingering animosity in the region. Croatia is asking the ICJ to declare that Serbia breached the 1948 Genocide Convention when forces from the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia attempted to drive Croats out of large swaths of the country after Zagreb declared independence in 1991. (AP Photo/Jiri Buller)

Members of the Croatian delegation, Minister Orsat Miljenic, right, Vesna Crnic-Grotic, center, and James Crawford, left, during the start of public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The

Members of the Croatian delegation, Minister Orsat Miljenic, right, Vesna Crnic-Grotic, center, and James Crawford, left, during the start of public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, March 3, 2014. Croatia is accusing Serbia of genocide during fighting in the early 1990's as the former Yugoslavia shattered in spasms of ethnic violence, in a case at the United Nations' highest court that highlights lingering animosity in the region. Croatia is asking the ICJ to declare that Serbia breached the 1948 Genocide Convention when forces from the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia attempted to drive Croats out of large swaths of the country after Zagreb declared independence in 1991. (AP Photo/Jiri Buller)

Members of the Croatian delegation, Minister Orsat Miljenic, right, Vesna Crnic-Grotic, center, and James Crawford, left, during the start of public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The

Members of the Croatian delegation, Minister Orsat Miljenic, right, Vesna Crnic-Grotic, center, and James Crawford, left, during the start of public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, March 3, 2014. Croatia is accusing Serbia of genocide during fighting in the early 1990's as the former Yugoslavia shattered in spasms of ethnic violence, in a case at the United Nations' highest court that highlights lingering animosity in the region. Croatia is asking the ICJ to declare that Serbia breached the 1948 Genocide Convention when forces from the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia attempted to drive Croats out of large swaths of the country after Zagreb declared independence in 1991. (AP Photo/Jiri Buller)